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The decision of Not Guilty reached by the tribunal investigating Rangers’ use of the EBT tax scheme has rocked the Scottish Premier league to its core. Common sense has prevailed.

Rangers have been found Not Guilty, but the supporters of those eleven SPL clubs (I exclude Dundee as they were not in the SPL at the time of the Rangers story), who jumped to condemn the club as tax cheats before they had a chance of a fair trial, are tainted. Questions must be asked. What motivated these fans? I personally believe it was the bigotry that Charles Green, CEO of Rangers, has already spoken of. They were obviously blinded by bigotry and driven by hate. From a frenzied internet campaign to discredit the club without proof, to tweets calling Rangers tax cheats; even the sixty-six football fans that died in the Ibrox disaster were not spared the new low of the hate mobs that now inhabit the dark place that is modern Scotland.

Rangers have been in a fight for their lives and have won. Scottish football will never be the same again and as for those teams still left in the failed SPL, they will always be remembered for two things: bigotry and stupidity.

The SPL are the biggest losers in all of this. The biggest club in the country is no longer part of their set up. The flawed chairmen who run these clubs must now accept what we all know. Their judgment is weak, they allowed themselves to be bullied by a Celtic-driven agenda and now their clubs are going nowhere but out of business fast. No real Rangers supporter will ever again step inside any one of these SPL clubs’ grounds.

The truth of the Rangers story will now hopefully be told in a sane and rational manner, and we can hope that competent and professional journalism will take over from the rabid sensationalism and sound bites of the last year, which has left most media outlets and journalists, mostly those at BBC Scotland sports department, looking amateurish and downright useless.

Rangers have suffered huge damage to their reputation as a result of the chain of events sparked by HMRC. Their conduct and that of other parties – Lloyds Bank, the Murray Group, Duff & Phelps, SFA and the SPL – should now be examined by the appropriate authorities. There must now be an open public enquiry into the whole process, with prominence placed on the decision-makers at HMRC and their motives, and also a full criminal investigation into the steady flow of confidential information that made its way from HMRC into the media and onto Celtic online blogs.

The decision of Not Guilty on Rangers’ use of the EBT scheme was taken off the pitch in an office in Edinburgh; it is possibly the most important victory in the club’s history and proves beyond all doubt that our 54 titles and 115 trophies were won fair and square on the pitch, and that Rangers are and Rangers remain the world’s most successful football club. We are the people.

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  • Paddy The Sniper says:

    Not guilty crayon boy? Go for a wee lie down. Guilty of registering AT LEAST 7 players illegally/paying them illegally.
    Maybe not AS GUILTY but still guilty!
    It’s like being up on 4,000 murder charges but only guilty on 4,00 counts. Are you still a mass murderer? Yes. Therefore you mob are still tax cheats! Fact. Always glad to enlighten idiots such as yourself Edward 😉 HH

  • jmanbay says:

    Not guilty crayon boy? Go for a wee lie down. Guilty of registering AT LEAST 7 players illegally/paying them illegally.
    Maybe not AS GUILTY but still guilty!
    It’s like being up on 4,000 murder charges but only guilty on 4,00 counts. Are you still a mass murderer? Yes. Therefore you mob are still tax cheats! Fact. Always glad to enlighten idiots such as yourself.

  • frankly says:

    Did chris whyte pay the paye that caused the administration and then liquidation . I THINK NOT ! so yes RANGERS are TAX CHEATS !

  • Patrick says:

    Dream on my friend.

    Come January the stripping of titles will commence.Be assured that the football tribunal will see things as they are in the real world!

  • Larry says:

    As most of us in the UK already know, Celtic couldn’t act with integrity if they tried.

    It’s like Rangers being accused of 4000 murders and then being found NOT GUILTY. Get over it biggots. Why don’t you spend your energies on supporting your team instead of hating another.

    • Patrick says:

      please explain what relevance the cheats’ tax case has to Celtic.

      Apart that is for the numerous titles wrongly awarded to them which rightfully belong to Celtic.

      • Jim says:

        As Stew writes Check out Lennon and Hartson tax scheme on google there is one instance of relevance!

      • brian says:

        WOULD NOT WANT TO BRING THE REAL WORLD INTO THIS PATRICK BUT IF YOU WANT TO YOUR CLUB WILL BE TOTALLY DISGRACED !!!!
        A CLUB OVERSEAS WAS FINED MILLIONS AND BANNED FROM THEIR SPORT FOR THE SAME THING THAT WAS HAPPENNING AT YOUR CLUB SO GET OF YOUR HIGH HORSE SUPPORT YOUR TEAM (IF)YOU EVEN GO TO THE GAMES WHICH I DOUBT AND LETS CONCENTRATE ON FOOTBALL

        LOVE WEE BRIAN BISHOPTON

  • jim says:

    not guilty
    enough said so timmy go away and boil your heed.
    54 and counting
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

  • Stew says:

    Celtic fans really are a hateful, spiteful lot. Yeah, sure we used a tax avoidance scheme which has proven to be legal. You can argue all you want about morals but this is a subjective word. What is immoral to some may be moral to others. Your club/manager/owner/CEO have all used tax avoidance schemes in the past. If you don’t believe me then you are really delusional. There’s plenty of reporting out thre (look up Lennon and Hartson’s scheme) The majority of corporate companies try to pay less tax in a legal way. No different to what Rangers did. It’s a way of maximising profits so tehy can give good news to their shareholders. This is a British, global, culture problem, not just a Scottish football clubs.

    Here’s a crazy idea. Why don’t you start turning up at CP again and support your team since they are struggling at home in the SPL instead of focussing on Rangers’ issues. I’ve spoken to many sane Celtic fans who are sick and tired of the likes of you whose whole obsession is with another club (which is supposed to be dead in your eyes btw). Let go of the bitterness and hatred and you might find peace and solace in your life.

  • JIm says:

    Yes We know its been a Hard Pill To Swallow for the Bigots/and accusers But Rangers have been Found NOT GUILTY in The Big Tax Case End of story, As Far as stripping of titles are concerned Does the SFA/SPL want to lose and credibility it still has (which is none) Anything left from this tax case is a few minor discrepancies which by NO means justifies Stripping of titles they don’t’ have a case to take that action,But hey from what they have done in the past anything is possible But Rangers wont stand for there Bigotry. Hatred. and downright Vindictiveness this time and yes They Will take them to Court and Yes they Will win AGAIN !!!

  • brendan and declans completley spewing rangers then rangers now rangers forrever

  • Tim Aloy says:

    Deluded zombies!

  • Fonald Dindlay says:

    lol deluded zombies yer bigot team is deid !

  • fromrussiawithlove says:

    I think the world now knows other forces in scotland tried to destroy rangers by mob rule. They tried to kill of an innocent person and only thanks to soccer fans worldwide and their large global fanbase did rangers stay alive. I think any football fan anywhere will be glad to see the famous blue shirts rising again!

  • james says:

    The title stripping has no bearing on the current green led SEVCO franchise so why are all the old bears upset when all we want is justice against cheating by a now defunct club.Your being liquidated which means to everyone except the bears that your old Rangers FC will be dead and buried.When you win the SFL third division is will be the first title for The Rangers or SEVCO if BDO decide you cannot use the old tax avoiding clubs name.

  • Tam MacMann says:

    The putrid stench of bigotry and hatred emanating from CFC is quite disgusting. However, this has been the case for as long as I can remember and is to be expected. What should not come as surprise either is the collective hands out for handouts but it is shameful the lengths to which that odious football club will go to, to take what they just were not good enough to win on the park. One wonders if Lennon and the wretched Boyd feel like absolute clowns now. Probably not, no doubt
    they´ll reinvent history once again and have another decade of rage to paper over the cracks in their IQ.

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